Buhus.'] LI. eosacbj:. (J. D. Hooker.) 329 



shallow toothed, flowers in small axillary and terminal eglandular downy pani- 

 cles, calyx-lobes villous quite entire, petels obovate equalling the calyx, carpels 

 many. R. Hasskarlii, Miguel, Flor. Ind. Bat. i, pars. 381. R. acerifolius, 

 Wall. Cat. 744. 



Penang, Wallich, Maingdy. — Disteib. Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



This resembles a slender narrow leaved small-flowered state of E. moluccanus, 

 but may at once be distinguished by the narrow leaves, lobed on each side towards 

 the base only. The flowers are small (^ in. diam.) usually in loose panicles, the sti- 

 pules and bracts laciniate. — I have seen in Mr. Clarke's collection a small specimen 

 very like this from the Khasia Mts., alt. 4600 ft., but it is so difficult to distinguish 

 imperfect specimens of this from the paniculafus and molttccoMus, var. micropetalus, 

 that I hesitate to include the habitat of Khasia. 



8. Zt. paniculatus, Smith in Rees Cyclop, xxx. RvJms 41 ; eglandular, 

 branches slender, leaves beneath and panicles clothed with white or buff cottony 

 tomentum, prickles very few minute, leaves ovate-cordate or oblong-ovate cau- 

 date-acuminate obscurely lobed toothed, nerves 6-7 pair, panicles terminal very 

 lax and much branched, bracts linear-oblong serrate, calyx-lobes silky usually 

 entire, petals very small linear-oblong, carpels many glabrous. Wall. Cat. 749. 

 R. tiliaceus, 8m. I. e. ; Wall. Cat. 745. 



Temperate Himalaya from Eajaoei, alt. 3-7000 ft. to Sikkim, alf. 6-8000 ft. 

 Khasia Mts. alt. 4-5000 ft. 



A very rambling climber ; all parts except the leaves above densely pubescent or 

 tomentose, with usually cottony white or bufif tomentum ; prickles" hooked, flattened, 

 Leaves 3-5 in., rarely as broad as long, rather membranous, sparsely hairy above, 

 lateral lobes usually very obscure ; midrib without prickles ; petiole 1-2 in., slender, 

 rarely with a prickle ; stipules small, laciniate. Panicles very large and open ; bracts 

 small. Flowers |-1 in. diam., often long pedicelled. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute acu- 

 minate or lanceolate and caudate-acuminate, when they are often incised towards the 

 tip, erect in fruit. Petals much smaller than the calyx-lobes, white. Carpels gla- 

 brous. Fruit globose, exposed ; drupes many, large, black ; receptacle villous ; 

 stone rugose. 



9. R, Inslg^nis, Hook. f. ; eglandular, clothed \^th buff cottony tomen- 

 tum, prickles numerous short, leaves hastate-oblong acuminate toothed lobulate 

 towards the base, nerves 13-16 pair, ;^anicles very long lax open prickly, petals 

 broadly obovate equalling the sUky entire calyx-lobes, carpels numerous glabrous. 



Eastern tropical Himalaya ; Bhotan, Griffith. Khasia Mts. alt. 2-3000 ft., 

 J. D. H. # T. T. ; C. B. Clarke. 



A very noble species, with the habit of B. paniculatus, but much larger in all but 

 the flowers, and at once distinguished by its prickles, which extend along the petiole 

 and midrib of the leaf beneath, by the numerous nerves, and large almost orbicular 

 petals. Bhotan spscimens have the flowers crowded at the end of the long branches of 

 the panicle, whilst in the Khasia ones the branches are open and.exceedingly lax to 

 the end. Fruit as in E. paniddattts. 



10. It. ferox, Wall. Cat. 724, eglandular, tomentose, prickles on the 

 stem numerous short stout, leaves cordate sharply toothed upper ovate-lanceo- 

 late entire lower more orbicular shortly 6-7-lobed glabrous above pubescent or 

 glabrate beneath, panicles lax-flowered, margins of caJyx-lobes pectinate, petals 

 broad, carpels about 8. Kurz, For. Flor. Brit. Bwm. i. 437. 



Central Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 

 BuEKA, probably Ava, Kitre.. 



Very robust ; stem and especially inflorescence and petioles densely tomentose ; 

 prickles hooked, compressed. Leaves not white or buiF beneath ; lower 3-5 in. long 

 and broad ; lobes deltoid, acute ; nerves palmately spreading ; petiole 1-2 in., densely 



